COLLECTED POEMS PB – WENDY COPE

p SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALCOTT PRIZE br / b br / Her poetry stands unsurpassed in its popularity and technical accomplishment – there s no better contemporary writer of forms such as the triolet – and in the wit, acuity and seriousness of purpose with which she shows us what it is to be human. i Guardian br / /i br / This volume comprises the full poetic works of one of our wittiest, most beloved writers, and includes many previously uncollected poems. /b br / br / When i Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis /i was published in 1986, Wendy Cope became that rarest of creatures: a celebrated poet who was also a best-seller. Her artful combination of insight and wit made an extraordinary impact in poems that cocked a gentle snook at the pomposity of a literary world hitherto dominated by men. br / br / Through four further collections, Cope has continued to delight her readers while finding a whole new generation of enthusiasts when her poem The Orange went viral. Together these poems catalogue the desires and fears that underlie our ordinary existences – love and heartbreak, disappointment and a hard-won capacity to find happiness, even if only in the form of a poem.. In their profound attention to and encapsulation of the everyday, these poems serve to make our own lives the more remarkable and memorable. i Collected Poems /i celebrates a lifetime s achievement by a poet who has been original and distinctive from the very start, and provides the perfect accompaniment to the trials, tribulations and joys of our all too human lives. br / br / This collection also features Nick Garland s original illustrations for i The River Girl /i (1991). br / br / Her poetry stands unsurpassed in its popularity and technical accomplishment – there s no better contemporary writer of forms such as the triolet – and in the wit, acuity and seriousness of purpose with which she shows us what it is to be human. Rishi Dastidar, i Guardian /i br / br / We can love Wend